suppose

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /səˈpəʊz/, [səˈpʰəʊz] (US) IPA(key): /səˈpoʊz/, [səˈpʰoʊz] (syncope, contraction) (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspəʊz/, [ˈspəʊz] (US) IPA(key): /ˈspoʊz/, [ˈspoʊz] Rhymes: -əʊz === Verb === suppose (third-person singular simple present supposes, present participle supposing, simple past and past participle supposed) (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. Synonym: assume (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize. Synonym: assume (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. (transitive, obsolete) To reckon to be, to account or esteem as. (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature. (transitive, obsolete) To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:suppose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chinese Pidgin English: supposey ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === suppose inflection of supposer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Verb === suppose third-person singular past historic of supporre